1. The following decisions were adopted by the Committee at its fifty-ninth
session:

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination,

Having considered the fifteenth and sixteenth periodic reports of Cyprus under
the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination,

Recalling the concerns expressed in its earlier decisions and concluding observations
on Cyprus,

Deeply regretting that the Government of Cyprus continues to be prevented from
implementing the Convention on the whole of its national territory owing to
the foreign occupation of part of that territory,

1. Reaffirms the importance of putting an end to the foreign occupation of
Cyprus so that all human rights and freedoms will be enjoyed by all Cypriots
irrespective of their ethnic origin, as envisaged in the International Convention
on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, in particular the
rights to freedom of movement and residence and to own property throughout Cyprus;

2. Requests the United Nations Secretary-General to call the attention of the
Security Council, the General Assembly and other appropriate bodies of the United
Nations to this decision, in the earnest hope that they will take the measures
required for the implementation of their relevant resolutions and decisions.